RoversMad Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 I offered to do a lecture for a society expecting a dozen or so folk but the current count on their Facebook event page is currently 74 going & 42 maybes. I know that numbers shouldn't make a difference but I'm now shiteing it for some reason seeing as they'll be sticking me in a uni lecture theatre. are you Julian Blanc's stand in? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Aye, to make your way up to Sangs in Macduff where all the magic happens. I hear rumours that the miracle beverage may be found within the holy land of Asda. I'll report back after the doctor tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 are you Julian Blanc's stand in? Busted. My dad holds an Australian passport so hopefully I'll be fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Just noticed this. I genuinely made myself a chicken madras effort for dinner this evening and had some Moray cup an hour ago. Will I be OK? Maybe, but if you feel anything warm in your rectum, call a doctor and, for the love of God, CLENCH. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Maybe, but if you feel anything warm in your rectum, call a doctor They must get really fed up of the regular sex calls. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Finally got round to reading "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". Very disappointed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Maybe, but if you feel anything warm in your rectum, call a doctor and, for the love of God, CLENCH. Going south or going north? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Finally got round to reading "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". Very disappointed. Bear in mind that it was published in 1841. It predates the first Sherlock Holmes story (1887) and all the detective fiction that followed. Poe was massively ahead of his time and if he looks clichéd and formulaic now that's more to do with what's been done on the back of his work. Stick with him though. There's still some aspects of Poe that nobody has been able to mimic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Maybe, but if you feel anything warm in your rectum, call a doctor and, for the love of God, CLENCH. Noooooo! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Bear in mind that it was published in 1841. It predates the first Sherlock Holmes story (1887) and all the detective fiction that followed. Poe was massively ahead of his time and if he looks clichéd and formulaic now that's more to do with what's been done on the back of his work. Stick with him though. There's still some aspects of Poe that nobody has been able to mimic. Oh, I know the age and all that. I'm just very unimpressed with the structure and resolution. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Oh, I know the age and all that. I'm just very unimpressed with the structure and resolution. I know what you mean. To a modern audience the main reason to read "Murders in the Rue Morgue" is as a relic of literary history, the godfather of modern detective fiction, as opposed to as a story in its own right. Poe may have pioneered the detective mystery but he didn't pursue it much further and you've seen why. His forté was the macabre gothic to which he devoted most of his efforts and they stand up better in the modern day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MangoBroccoli Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 I walked passed a plaque in town and found out Poe lived in Kilmarnock for a while. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoversMad Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 I walked passed a plaque in town and found out Poe lived in Kilmarnock for a while.where else would his macabre sense of gore and death be borne from? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MangoBroccoli Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 where else would his macabre sense of gore and death be borne from? I had almost that exact sentence going through my head the second I posted that, but couldn't be arsed editing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 And the Junkie came a rapping at my chamber door. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 What happens if it's going west? Life is peaceful there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 In the open air? Probably better than an enclosed space. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 In the open air? Give me land, lots of land. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 In the open air? The weather is apparently pretty favourable too, so they say 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoversMad Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Haha bit of thread cross over going on here... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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